Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in Northern Ireland were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.
The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship.
Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in England were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.
The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship.
Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many tier 2 visa applications for positions in the NHS were accepted, declined or deferred in each month from September 2016 to March 2018.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information you have requested is not included in statistics published by the Home Office broken down into the UK Regions.
The available information on allocations of Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship is published at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/employer-sponsorship-restricted-certificate-allocations/allocations-of-restricted-certificates-of-sponsorship.
Published statistics on the total number of Tier 2 refusals can be found here:
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time for completion of the process for a non-UK EU national to gain permanent residency has been since 23 June 2016.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Information on outcomes of applications for documents certifying permanent residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics October to December 2017, European Economic Area data table ee_02_q,) is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea
Information on the total number of European casework cases awaiting a decision and performance against Service Standards is published in the Migration Transparency data at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2018
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications submitted by non-UK EU nationals for permanent residency that have been received since 23 June 2016 are still being processed.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Information on outcomes of applications for documents certifying permanent residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics October to December 2017, European Economic Area data table ee_02_q,) is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea
Information on the total number of European casework cases awaiting a decision and performance against Service Standards is published in the Migration Transparency data at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2018
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK EU nationals have been refused permanent residency since 23 June 2016.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Information on outcomes of applications for documents certifying permanent residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics October to December 2017, European Economic Area data table ee_02_q,) is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea
Information on the total number of European casework cases awaiting a decision and performance against Service Standards is published in the Migration Transparency data at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2018
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK EU nationals have been granted permanent residency since 23 June 2016.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Information on outcomes of applications for documents certifying permanent residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics October to December 2017, European Economic Area data table ee_02_q,) is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea
Information on the total number of European casework cases awaiting a decision and performance against Service Standards is published in the Migration Transparency data at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2018
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK EU nationals have applied for permanent residency since 23 June 2016.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
Information on outcomes of applications for documents certifying permanent residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics October to December 2017, European Economic Area data table ee_02_q,) is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017/list-of-tables#european-economic-area-eea
Information on the total number of European casework cases awaiting a decision and performance against Service Standards is published in the Migration Transparency data at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-country-migration-data-february-2018
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals have been refused the right to remain in each year between 2010 and 2017.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
An EU national’s right to remain in the UK is not dependent upon a grant of leave to remain from the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD). The Free Movement of Persons Directive (2004/38/EC) allows EU nationals to reside freely in the UK whilst they satisfy the conditions laid down in the Treaty. EU nationals are not granted leave to remain in the UK. The number of EU nationals refused the right to remain between 2010 and 2017 is therefore nil.
The Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 defines how an EU national can be considered to be a qualified person. A qualified person, is a person considered to satisfy the conditions laid down in the Treaty.
EU nationals may apply to the SSHD for confirmation of their status as a qualified person.
A Registration Certificate confirms that an EU national has demonstrated that they are currently a qualified person.
A Document Certifying Permanent Residence confirms that an EU national has resided in the UK as a qualified person, for a continuous period of 5 years.
Statistics on outcomes of applications for Registration Certificates and Documents Certifying Permanent Residence for European Union (EU) nationals are published quarterly in the Immigration Statistics. These include data for certificates/documents issued, refusals and applications deemed invalid and hence rejected. The most recent edition (Immigration Statistics July to September 2017) is available at:
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals, both adults and children, have been refused citizenship in each year between 2010 and 2017.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The available published information on the total number of decisions to refuse applications for British citizenship is published in Home Office’s Immigration Statistics, July – September 2017, Citizenship tables cz_01 and cz_01_q available from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/list-of-tables#citizenship